·The Caribou were the most important land animal to the Inuit. ·The Inuksuit were used to frighten the Caribou. ·The Inuksuit did the work of humans even though they were made with stone. ·There are three different types of rock the Inuksuit, round stone, called boulders. ·There is flat thin stone. ·There chunks of broken rock. ·Most of the Inuksuit in the arctic is made from broken rock because they are easier to balance. ·You can tell if an Inuksuk is old if you see it is covered in lichens.
Inuksuk notes
Apirsuqti – inquisitive one
Cape Dorset
Ancestors lived for 4,000 years
Inuit means “human being”
Everything was from nature
Nothing was wasted, everything was from nature
They hunted all year round
Traveled long distances
Inuksuk means “thing that can act in place of human being
The inuksuit saved lives
Very important
5 reasons why
show travelers where they were
warn of very dangerous places
show where food was stored
show where significant things happened, so people will show respect
show good places to hunt caribou
Our notes
Inukshuks have a lot of different types of names These are all the notes we had time to take
Their names are like "characteristics" of what they are marking
The most important of all the Inuksuit is called Nangiarautimak Quajimalitaq
Nangiarautimak Quajimalitaq marks danger
A lot of them look like people
People mistake some Inuksuits for real people in the distance
Inunnguags look like people
They're all different shapes and sizes of Inuksuits
Some Inuksuits mean...
-To tell people that people lives there before
-To show respect for someone that has passed
- To show someones thanks for living in such beautiful place
Old inuksuit treated with respect, a reminder of the elders
Guide you to get out of strange place
Warn you of danger
A gift from the past, seeing thoughts of another person
Inuit had no written language
Inuksuit have many different names
Names reflect distince purposes so people know what they are saying
· The Inuksuit were used to frighten the Caribou.
· The Inuksuit did the work of humans even though they were made with stone.
· There are three different types of rock the Inuksuit, round stone, called boulders.
· There is flat thin stone.
· There chunks of broken rock.
· Most of the Inuksuit in the arctic is made from broken rock because they are easier to balance.
· You can tell if an Inuksuk is old if you see it is covered in lichens.
Inuksuk notes
Our notes
Inukshuks have a lot of different types of names These are all the notes we had time to take
Their names are like "characteristics" of what they are marking
The most important of all the Inuksuit is called Nangiarautimak Quajimalitaq
Nangiarautimak Quajimalitaq marks danger
A lot of them look like people
People mistake some Inuksuits for real people in the distance
Inunnguags look like people
They're all different shapes and sizes of Inuksuits
Some Inuksuits mean...
-To tell people that people lives there before
-To show respect for someone that has passed
- To show someones thanks for living in such beautiful place
Old inuksuit treated with respect, a reminder of the elders
Guide you to get out of strange place
Warn you of danger
A gift from the past, seeing thoughts of another person
Inuit had no written language
Inuksuit have many different names
Names reflect distince purposes so people know what they are saying